Laboratory Technician
National Microbiology Laboratory
Streptococcus and STI Unit
1015 Arlington Street
Winnipeg,
MB
Canada
R3E 3R2
pam.sawatzky@phac-aspc.gc.ca
Biographical Sketch:
2009-present -- Laboratory Technician, Streptococcus and STI Unit, Bacteriology and Enteric Diseases, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2004-2009 -- Laboratory Technician, Neisseria, Syphilis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Bacteriology and Enteric Diseases, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, MB
1998-2002 -- Bacteriology and Enteric Diseases, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1986-1998 -- Biologist, Health Protection Branch, Health Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Responsible for Canadian national Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial susceptibility surveillance program.
Author or co-author of 7 publications primarily relating to sexually transmitted diseases.
Numerous presentations at scientific meetings.